VARANASI: The world's only 'zero-fuel' aircraft 'Solar Impulse-2' today landed in Varanasi for an overnight stopover after its pilot held the Ahmedababd 'administration' responsible for the delay in departure from the city for want of customs and immigration clearance.

Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard, who had flown the airplane from Muscat to Ahmedabad, did not get clearance from the Immigration department.

“ Myth: British soldiers were taught not to aim, but merely to point the piece towards the target[1] …the British soldier was a poor marksman. Actually, he did not “aim” his musket but merely “pointed” it at the enemy.”
Via Mr. David Burton, AP US History

“ Sandusky Register We, the paranoid: A history of US conspiracy theories Washington Post August 20, 2013 12:04 PM EDT — Conspiracy theories have been an entrenched part of American politics for centuries, from the Red Scare to 9/11 trutherism.”
Via AP US History

PHUKET: — The Royal Thai Navy has issued a warning to all shipping to stay away from an area of the Andaman Sea where components of an Indian space shot are likely to fall back into the sea after launch.

The exact date of the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is not certain – it is currently scheduled to be on March 29, and should not be later than April 8.

The Chinese factory that manufactures shoes for Nike, Kenneth Cole, Timberland and other top-line bands saw over 5,000 of their employees walk out this week, demanding that the company pays for their housing and improved conditions in the factories.

In China there are early ways of factory life for many workers. These workers endure harsh and tough conditions at work and at hime with little wages and paychecks. Behind all the big prospering corporations are many individual people making below minimum wage just to make a living. These people in China however have has enough as five thousand people walk out of a sweatshop demanding better living conditions and factory conditions.

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In the government letting companies be independent, the companies have power to employ as they want and build their company the way they want with basically their own rules. Big corporations do no give good enough wars to their employees so that they can make the biggest profit possible. With people fighting these wages though, the social dynamic of this system is changing as they fight for an economic change n their daily lives.

How much privacy do you have to hand over in school? How much have you had to do so historically? It’s one thing for a teacher to recognize that you’re still struggling with your 8 times table, for example. It’s another thing entirely for a piece of software, that the school mandates you use, to track massive quantities of other data about your “progress” – not just how well you score on various math exercises or math quizzes, but all the mouse clicks, all the videos you watch, all the times you rewound a video or fast-forwarded. All this data and metadata represents an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about how students learn, we’re often told. But what does this data collection and data-mining mean in terms of power and privacy and vulnerability? What does it mean in terms of how students have already been surveilled and shaped by school? Do students know this data is being collected? What sort of trust relationship is expected between a student, a school (or an informal learning environment too, I should add), and technology when it comes to learning data?

NPR (blog) Family Trust Wins Supreme Court Fight Against Bike Trail NPR (blog) The plaintiffs in the Wyoming case, Marvin Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States, are descendants of the owner of a sawmill that produced railroad ties.

"As was the case 160 years ago, Crimea has once again become 'the tinderbox', potentially ready to ignite a pan-European conflict. Precipitous events in Crimea once again draws public attention to that often-forgotten triangular peninsula jutting into the Black Sea off the underbelly of Ukraine. While the news reports from Russian, Ukrainian, and Western sources have been generally confusing and conflicting, some interesting analysis has appeared in several media outlets."

In 1853-1856, there was a power struggle between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire including France, Britian and Sardinia. This power struggle created a bloody war with countries that would be forced to pick their side of the alliance. Russia kept Crimea but did not succeed in winning the war between forces. The war revealed inadequacies of its military and civilian infrastructure and ultimately led to the abolition of the serfs in 1861. Although Crimea served as an independent state it also created a free state to be grabbed up by Russia or any of the other alliances.

“ The timing couldn't be more ironic, or telling, about how we choose as a nation to frame Native America. It is so much easier to add our $12 to the coffers of Disney and Depp in order to enter the debate about our fantastical American history.”
Via Mr. David Burton, AP US History

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